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What is dark matter?

Dark matter makes up at least 27% of the universe. Everything on earth only adds up to less than 5% of the universe. Dark matter has been a mystery for a long time and continues to be in so many aspects. What is dark matter, and what do we know about it?

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Dark matter is made of Baryonic matter

This position holds that dark matter is made of ordinary baryonic matter — the same protons, neutrons and electrons that make up familiar matter on Earth. It points to candidates such as vast numbers of tiny black holes as the form this hidden ordinary mass might take.

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Dark matter is made of non-Baryonic matter

This position holds that dark matter is made of non-baryonic matter — not ordinary atoms but more exotic particles. It points to leading candidates such as axions and Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) as what the universe's unseen mass is likely composed of.

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Dark matter is made of a combination of particles

Dark matter is made of a combination of Barynoic material which is normal matter and non-Baryonic matter which is the non-traditional matter that is not made of atoms with protons, neutrons, and electrons.

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Dark matter does not exist

Scientists make a lot of assumptions when trying to explain the universe through missing matter. Scientists should explain the universe by modifying the theory of gravity. Others say the behavior of the universe should be explained by a godly power instead of the existence of dark matter.